1760 



KUNZEA 



KYLLINGA 



J^in. long: fls. white or yellowish, sessile and not numer- 

 ous but yet forming dense terminal heads becoming 

 lateral by elongation of the branch; stamens numer- 

 ous, 3 or 4 times as long as the small petals : berry blue, 

 Y$m.. or less diam., crowned by the calyx-lobes. Vic- 

 toria and S. Austral. L. H. B. 



KYDIA (Col. Robert Kyd, founder of the Calcutta 

 Botanic Garden, died 1794). Malvaceae. Oriental trees, 

 one of which has been cultivated in southern Florida 

 and southern California. 



Plants with stellate pubescence: Ivs. entire or lobed, 

 palmi-nerved: fls. polygamous, in panicles, white or 

 pink, ornamental; sepals 5, joined at the base, subtended 

 by 4-6 leafy bracts which enlarge in fr. ; petals 5, exceed- 

 ing the calyx and joined to the stamen-tube; staminal 

 tube divided about the middle into 5 divisions, each 

 bearing 3 anthers, which are imperfect in the pistillate 

 fls. : fr. a 3-valved caps. Two or three species in India. 



calycina, Roxbg. Tree, attaining 25 ft.: Ivs. 4-5 in. 

 long, 3 in. wide, rounded, cordate, palmately 7-nerved, 

 more or less lobed, midlobe longest, close-felted beneath: 



infl. much-branched, many-fld.; fls. white or pink, with 

 oblong-spatulate bracts beneath. Trop. India. Indi- 

 cated as a stove evergreen abroad. It is doubtful 

 whether the plant is still cult, to any extent. L H. B. 



KYLLINGA (Peder Kylling, Danish botanist, died 

 1696). Cyperocese. Annual and perennial herbs, of little 

 value horticulturally although one species is sometimes 

 mentioned in gardening literature. Grass-like or sedge- 

 like plants of perhaps 30 species in many parts of the 

 world, with very small fls. in spikelets which are aggre- 

 gated into spikes or heads. K. monocephala, Rottb., 

 is nearly glabrous with a creeping rhizome: Ivs. droop- 

 ing or arched, in a graceful tuft : culms. 3-angled : spikes 

 terminal, ovoid or cone-shaped, silky, white, the sub- 

 tending Ivs. 3 and spreading-deflexed. India and other 

 warm regions of the Old World, where it is common. 

 This species is recommended for greenhouse work, 

 where, in 4-in. pots, it makes decorative specimens 1 

 ft. high, requiring a warm greenhouse temperature. 

 G. 2:298; 25:173. Apparently not offered in this 

 country. L. H. B. 



